THE Guyana Squash Association (GSA) will bring the curtains down on their Farfan and Mendes Junior Christmas tournament today at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts with Team Minions positioning themselves as a clear favourite for the title.
In recent play, Team Minions, and Team Tornadoes continued their dominance which will set up and interesting final day.
Lucas Jonas of Team Minions pulled off an impressive victory over Team Avengers’ Gianni Carpenter as he recovered from being 2-0 down to win 3-2, sealing victory with a 13/11 finish in the last game.
Makeda Harding showed her improving prowess by defeating her male counterpart Jael Gaskin 3-1 to round out another successful night for team Minions.
Shomari Wiltshire kept the hopes of team Avengers alive with a determined performance to defeat Daniel Islam. Islam raced to a two game lead, before narrowly losing the third 11/8, after which Wiltshire sealed the match emphatically with 11/5, 11/4 sweeps of the last two games.
Alexander Cheeks recovered from a first match loss to beat Matthew Phang 3-1 capping off an improved night of performances for team Tornadoes, who also benefited from victories by Samuel Ince-Carvahal, Michael Ramroop and Jason Gomes.
Taylor Fernandes fought gamely to win a game 11/8, but in the end could not pull off an upset win over her more robust male counterpart Alec Melville as he powered to a 3-1 win for team Bungatuffies.
The tournament concludes today with the consistent Team Minions and Team Rising Stars establishing themselves as favourites to compete for the title.
Complete Results
Lucas Jonas beat Gianni Carpenter 3-2 (8/11, 2/11, 13/11, 11/9, 13/11)
Isabella Ramjohn beat Noah Rahaman 2-0 (11/3, 18/16)
Kamir Khan beat Haley Carpenter 2-1 (8/11, 11/5, 11/7)
Alec Melville beat Taylor Fernandes 3-1 (11/2, 11/5, 8/11, 11/7)
Alexander Cheeks beat Matthew Phang 3-1 (9/11, 11/8, 11/4, 12/10)
Michael Ramroop beat Maya Collins 3-1 (11/9, 8/11, 12/10, 11/9)
Shiloh Asregado beat Christiana Fernandes 2-0 (11/1, 11/3)
Georgiana Fernandes beat Liam Carpenter 2-1 (11/8, 7/11, 11/7)
Jason Gomes beat James Mekdeci 2-0 (16/14, 11/8)
Samuel Ince-Carvahal beat Ethan Jonas 3-0 (11/5, 11/5, 11/3)
Kirsten Gomes beat Abosaide Cadogan 3-0 (11/8, 11/4, 11/4)
Aliyah Persaud beat Nechemiyah Levans 2-0 (11/8, 11/8)
Demetrius DeAbreu beat Madison Fernandes 3-0 (11/4, 11/8, 11/8)
Shomari Wiltshire beat Daniel Islam 3-2 (10/12, 11/13, 11/9, 11/5, 11/4)
Makeda Harding beat Jael Gaskin 3-1 (11/2, 11/4,9/11, 11/7)